Born in
Velletri, near
Rome, Bastianelli rode for the team from 2006 to 2008. On 5 July 2008, Bastianelli tested positive for a banned substance, the
stimulant fenfluramine which can be found in dietary aids. It was found in her urine A sample during a routine doping control at the under 23 European championships held in
Verbania, Italy. She was subsequently dropped from the Italian team for the
2008 Summer Olympics and handed a one-year ban by the
Italian National Olympic Committee. Bastianelli appealed to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn the ban, however the CAS instead extended her ban to two years after the
Union Cycliste Internationale appealed, arguing that the initial ban was too lenient. She competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics, in the
road race. ==Personal life==